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Main Details

Location 大水水库 (Dashui Reservoir)
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Owner Craig Brelsford

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Effort

Protocol:  Traveling
  • Observers:  4
  • Distance:  12.43 mi

Checklist Comments

Background to List, by Craig Brelsford

We crossed the pass and on the Chaka side soon noted the transition from an alpine to semi-desert environment. The birds were different: Common Rock Thrush, Common Swift, Blanford’s Snowfinch, Desert Wheatear.

Near Dashui Qiao (36.691347, 99.457542), elev. 3370 m, we found a dirt track and pulled onto it. We followed it to Dashui Reservoir (36.716292, 99.471655). The Desert Wheatear, a pair, had chosen a prime spot for their nest, which we discovered in the tall bank of the creek. The mouth of this creek contained a Lesser Sand Plover. For neighbors the wheatear family had nesting Rock Sparrow.

Totals

20
Species Observed
275 individuals
1
Species with Photos

Observations

  1. Bar-headed Goose

    Number observed:  35

  2. Ruddy Shelduck

    Number observed:  20

  3. Hill Pigeon

    Number observed:  42

  4. Common Swift

    Number observed:  20

  5. Tibetan Sand-Plover

    Number observed:  1

  6. Common Redshank

    Number observed:  2

  7. Brown-headed Gull

    Number observed:  1

  8. Great Crested Grebe

    Number observed:  1

  9. Eurasian Kestrel

    Number observed:  2

  10. Red-billed Chough

    Number observed:  6

  11. Ground Tit

    Number observed:  5

  12. Oriental Skylark

    Number observed:  20

  13. Horned Lark

    Number observed:  50

  14. Black Redstart

    Number observed:  18

  15. Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush

    Number observed:  1

  16. Desert Wheatear

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    pair nesting near reservoir

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    CF Carrying Food (Confirmed)

    Age & Sex:

    Age Juvenile Immature Adult Age Unknown
    Male 1
    Female 1
    Sex Unknown

  17. Eurasian Tree Sparrow

    Number observed:  20

  18. Rock Sparrow

    Number observed:  3

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    ON Occupied Nest (Confirmed)

    Media

  19. Blanford's Snowfinch

    Number observed:  6

  20. Twite

    Number observed:  20
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